💀 Voodoo Lore

Explores the rich spiritual traditions of Vodou—its history, rituals, deities, and cultural significance—beyond Hollywood caricature and into genuine understanding.

Rootwork

by Tayannah Lee McQuillar • 2003

The real Hoodoo: practical spells, mojo bags, and ancestor work for love, money, and daily success.

4.39

270

🪢 Folk Magic 🕯️ Hoodoo Practice 🪦 Ancestor Work 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌍 African Diasporic Traditions

Rootwork 91%

The real Hoodoo: practical spells, mojo bags, and ancestor work for love, money, and daily success.

by Tayannah Lee McQuillar 2003

4.39

270 ratings

🪢 Folk Magic 🕯️ Hoodoo Practice 🪦 Ancestor Work 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌍 African Diasporic Traditions

Mama Lola

by Karen McCarthy Brown • 2001

A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.

4.04

1k+

🥁 Haitian Vodou 🧳 Immigrant Religion 🌍 African Diaspora Religions 👻 Spirit Possession 👩🏿‍🦱 Women's Spirituality

Mama Lola 89%

A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.

by Karen McCarthy Brown 2001

4.04

1k+ ratings

🥁 Haitian Vodou 🧳 Immigrant Religion 🌍 African Diaspora Religions 👻 Spirit Possession 👩🏿‍🦱 Women's Spirituality

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

by Johnson Smith & Company • 1910

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

3.44

471

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge 89%

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

by Johnson Smith & Company 1910

3.44

471 ratings

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

The Boy Who Couldn't Die

by William Sleator • 2005

A teen buys invulnerability from a bokor and discovers his dreams are real murders.

3.66

2k+

🧿 Voodoo Magic ⏳ Cursed Immortality 👹 Reluctant Monster 🕯️ Dark Ritual 🩸 Body Horror

The Boy Who Couldn't Die 89%

A teen buys invulnerability from a bokor and discovers his dreams are real murders.

by William Sleator 2005

3.66

2k+ ratings

🧿 Voodoo Magic ⏳ Cursed Immortality 👹 Reluctant Monster 🕯️ Dark Ritual 🩸 Body Horror

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens

by Lilith Dorsey • 2020

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

4.13

605

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine 🛕 Goddess Worship 💀 Vodou And Santeria

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens Summary

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens 89%

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

by Lilith Dorsey 2020

4.13

605 ratings

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine 🛕 Goddess Worship 💀 Vodou And Santeria

The Laughing Corpse

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1994

A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.

4.13

89k+

🪦 Voodoo Horror 🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Vampire Human Bond 🧟 Zombie Raising

The Laughing Corpse 88%

A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1994

4.13

89k+ ratings

🪦 Voodoo Horror 🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Vampire Human Bond 🧟 Zombie Raising

Santa Muerte

by Tracey Rollin • 2017

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

3.90

245

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic ⚱️ Altar Work

Santa Muerte 88%

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

by Tracey Rollin 2017

3.90

245 ratings

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic ⚱️ Altar Work

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

by Baba Ifa Karade • 1994

Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.

4.24

511

🌍 Yoruba Religion 🕯️ Orisha Traditions 🔮 Divination Systems 👴 Ancestral Veneration 🌿 Spiritual Initiation

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts Summary

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts 88%

Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.

by Baba Ifa Karade 1994

4.24

511 ratings

🌍 Yoruba Religion 🕯️ Orisha Traditions 🔮 Divination Systems 👴 Ancestral Veneration 🌿 Spiritual Initiation

In Sorcery's Shadow

by Paul Stoller • 1989

Birds defecate on an anthropologist in Niger. A sorcerer sees a sign and demands an apprenticeship.

3.98

312

🏕️ Ethnographic Memoir 🌍 West African Religion ✨ Sorcery And Magic 🧑‍🎓 Apprenticeship 👻 Spirit Possession

In Sorcery's Shadow 88%

Birds defecate on an anthropologist in Niger. A sorcerer sees a sign and demands an apprenticeship.

by Paul Stoller 1989

3.98

312 ratings

🏕️ Ethnographic Memoir 🌍 West African Religion ✨ Sorcery And Magic 🧑‍🎓 Apprenticeship 👻 Spirit Possession

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

by Suzannah Lipscomb • 2020

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

4.02

1k+

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult Summary

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult 87%

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

by Suzannah Lipscomb 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

The Key of Solomon the King

by S.L. MacGregor Mathers • 1400

The medieval grimoire that taught magicians how to command spirits, find treasure, and walk unseen.

3.96

1k+

📜 Grimoires 🔮 Ceremonial Magic ✨ Astrological Magic ✡️ Divine Names 🪬 Sigil Magic

The Key of Solomon the King 87%

The medieval grimoire that taught magicians how to command spirits, find treasure, and walk unseen.

by S.L. MacGregor Mathers 1400

3.96

1k+ ratings

📜 Grimoires 🔮 Ceremonial Magic ✨ Astrological Magic ✡️ Divine Names 🪬 Sigil Magic

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Pay the Piper 87%

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Herb Magic

by Patti Wigington • 2020

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

4.27

243

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft ✨ Spellcraft 🔗 Sympathetic Magic

Herb Magic 87%

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

by Patti Wigington 2020

4.27

243 ratings

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft ✨ Spellcraft 🔗 Sympathetic Magic

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

by Scott Cunningham • 1985

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

4.29

8k+

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences ✨ Spellcraft 🪄 Practical Magic

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Summary

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs 87%

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

by Scott Cunningham 1985

4.29

8k+ ratings

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences ✨ Spellcraft 🪄 Practical Magic

Ring Shout

by P. Djèlí Clark • 2020

1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.

3.93

61k+

🌿 Gullah Rootwork 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🕯️ Folk Horror ⚔️ Monster Hunting

Ring Shout 87%

1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.

by P. Djèlí Clark 2020

3.93

61k+ ratings

🌿 Gullah Rootwork 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🕯️ Folk Horror ⚔️ Monster Hunting

African American Herbalism

by Lucretia VanDyke • 2023

Black herbal tradition, erased from textbooks: rootwork, spiritual baths, kitchen remedies.

4.32

156

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Folk Healing 🖤 Black Folk Medicine 🏚️ Southern Folkways 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

African American Herbalism 87%

Black herbal tradition, erased from textbooks: rootwork, spiritual baths, kitchen remedies.

by Lucretia VanDyke 2023

4.32

156 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Folk Healing 🖤 Black Folk Medicine 🏚️ Southern Folkways 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley • 1989

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

4.03

866

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft Summary

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft 87%

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley 1989

4.03

866 ratings

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells

by Judika Illes • 2004

Five thousand spells from every corner of the world, organized for every human need.

4.30

4k+

📚 Spell Encyclopedias 🌿 Folk Magic Traditions 🌱 Magical Herbalism 🕯️ Ritual Tools ✨ Energy Work

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells Summary

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells 87%

Five thousand spells from every corner of the world, organized for every human need.

by Judika Illes 2004

4.30

4k+ ratings

📚 Spell Encyclopedias 🌿 Folk Magic Traditions 🌱 Magical Herbalism 🕯️ Ritual Tools ✨ Energy Work

A Plague of Zombies

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10k+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

A Plague of Zombies 87%

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011

3.98

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]

by Lawrence W. Levine • 1977

White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.

4.21

470

🧵 African American Folklore 🎶 Spirituals And Gospel 🎸 Blues History 🦊 Trickster Traditions 🛡️ Folk Resistance

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] Summary

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] 87%

White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.

by Lawrence W. Levine 1977

4.21

470 ratings

🧵 African American Folklore 🎶 Spirituals And Gospel 🎸 Blues History 🦊 Trickster Traditions 🛡️ Folk Resistance

Ancient Egyptian Magic

by Christina Riggs • 2020

For ancient Egyptians, magic was the technology that ran healing, justice, and the cosmos itself.

3.91

216

🏛️ Egyptology 📜 Ancient Religion ✨ Ritual Magic 🌿 Magical Healing 📖 Spellcraft

Ancient Egyptian Magic 87%

For ancient Egyptians, magic was the technology that ran healing, justice, and the cosmos itself.

by Christina Riggs 2020

3.91

216 ratings

🏛️ Egyptology 📜 Ancient Religion ✨ Ritual Magic 🌿 Magical Healing 📖 Spellcraft

The First Ghosts

by Irving Finkel • 2021

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

4.01

499

🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial 👻 Ghost Lore 🪄 Ancient Magic

The First Ghosts 87%

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

by Irving Finkel 2021

4.01

499 ratings

🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial 👻 Ghost Lore 🪄 Ancient Magic

The Three Magical Books of Solomon

by Aleister Crowley • 2017

Seventy-two spirits, each with a seal and an office: the original manual for summoning them safely.

4.02

354

🔮 Ceremonial Magic 📜 Grimoire Tradition 👻 Spirit Conjuration ✡️ Solomonic Magic 🔖 Talismans And Seals

The Three Magical Books of Solomon Summary

The Three Magical Books of Solomon 87%

Seventy-two spirits, each with a seal and an office: the original manual for summoning them safely.

by Aleister Crowley 2017

4.02

354 ratings

🔮 Ceremonial Magic 📜 Grimoire Tradition 👻 Spirit Conjuration ✡️ Solomonic Magic 🔖 Talismans And Seals

The Amulet

by Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Amulet 87%

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

by Michael McDowell 1979

3.92

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

Magickal Protection

by Damon Brand • 2015

Protection magick that doesn't retreat from life: daily rituals to become curse-proof and fearless.

4.53

269

🛡️ Protection Spells 🪄 Practical Magick 🌀 Ritual Magic 🧠 Psychic Self-Defense 🪬 Talisman Magic

Magickal Protection 87%

Protection magick that doesn't retreat from life: daily rituals to become curse-proof and fearless.

by Damon Brand 2015

4.53

269 ratings

🛡️ Protection Spells 🪄 Practical Magick 🌀 Ritual Magic 🧠 Psychic Self-Defense 🪬 Talisman Magic

The 6th and 7th Books of Moses

by Anonymous • 1996

Celestial seals and tablets for commanding spirits, with the rituals that compel them.

4.05

184

📜 Grimoire Tradition 📖 Biblical Magic 👻 Spirit Conjuration 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🎶 Psalm Magic

The 6th and 7th Books of Moses 87%

Celestial seals and tablets for commanding spirits, with the rituals that compel them.

by Anonymous 1996

4.05

184 ratings

📜 Grimoire Tradition 📖 Biblical Magic 👻 Spirit Conjuration 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🎶 Psalm Magic

The Book of Ceremonial Magic

by Arthur Edward Waite • 1911

Grimoires promise power, deliver futility; white and black blur, mysticism is real.

3.77

447

🕯️ Ceremonial Magic 📖 Grimoire Studies 🏛️ Occult History 📜 Demonic Pacts 💀 Necromancy

The Book of Ceremonial Magic 87%

Grimoires promise power, deliver futility; white and black blur, mysticism is real.

by Arthur Edward Waite 1911

3.77

447 ratings

🕯️ Ceremonial Magic 📖 Grimoire Studies 🏛️ Occult History 📜 Demonic Pacts 💀 Necromancy

Chasing Ghosts

by Marc Hartzman • 2021

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

3.54

392

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔦 Paranormal Investigation 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places

Chasing Ghosts 87%

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

by Marc Hartzman 2021

3.54

392 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔦 Paranormal Investigation 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places

Hexed

by Kevin Hearne • 2011

Hexed by witches, a Druid must survive a war of magic, demons, and flirtatious gods.

4.22

66k+

🏙️ Mythic Urban Fantasy 🌿 Druidic Magic 📚 Mentor And Apprentice 🧙‍♀️ Coven War 🧛 Vampire Ally

Hexed 86%

Hexed by witches, a Druid must survive a war of magic, demons, and flirtatious gods.

by Kevin Hearne 2011

4.22

66k+ ratings

🏙️ Mythic Urban Fantasy 🌿 Druidic Magic 📚 Mentor And Apprentice 🧙‍♀️ Coven War 🧛 Vampire Ally

The Devil's Playground

by Craig Russell • 2023

A Hollywood fixer buries a star's scandalous death, then unearths the ritual murder behind it.

3.84

2k+

🎬 Hollywood Gothic 🎥 Cursed Film 🩸 Generational Curse 🕯️ Secret Society 💋 Femme Fatale

The Devil's Playground 86%

A Hollywood fixer buries a star's scandalous death, then unearths the ritual murder behind it.

by Craig Russell 2023

3.84

2k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Gothic 🎥 Cursed Film 🩸 Generational Curse 🕯️ Secret Society 💋 Femme Fatale

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Los elementales 86%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Enchantment

by Peter Paddon • 2013

Master trance, touch, and the gaze to bend people's will ethically: no psychology, just magick.

3.88

🌿 Practical Witchcraft 🍄 Folk Magic 🌀 Trance Work ✨ Glamour Magic ⚖️ Magical Ethics

Enchantment 86%

Master trance, touch, and the gaze to bend people's will ethically: no psychology, just magick.

by Peter Paddon 2013

3.88

86 ratings

🌿 Practical Witchcraft 🍄 Folk Magic 🌀 Trance Work ✨ Glamour Magic ⚖️ Magical Ethics

The Old Norse Spell Book

by Alda Dagny • 2021

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

3.77

223

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

The Old Norse Spell Book 86%

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

by Alda Dagny 2021

3.77

223 ratings

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

Ghostland

by Colin Dickey • 2016

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

3.73

11k+

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghostland 86%

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

by Colin Dickey 2016

3.73

11k+ ratings

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Cold as Hell

by Rhett C. Bruno • 2022

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

3.99

2k+

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Cold as Hell 86%

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

by Rhett C. Bruno 2022

3.99

2k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

The Golden Dawn

by Israel Regardie • 1971

The Golden Dawn ritualized the path to divinity. This is its complete curriculum.

4.06

2k+

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🪄 Ceremonial Magic 🕎 Hermetic Qabalah ⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy 🌅 Initiation Rites

The Golden Dawn 86%

The Golden Dawn ritualized the path to divinity. This is its complete curriculum.

by Israel Regardie 1971

4.06

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🪄 Ceremonial Magic 🕎 Hermetic Qabalah ⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy 🌅 Initiation Rites

The Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll 86%

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice • 1990

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

4.10

125k+

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

The Witching Hour 86%

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

by Anne Rice 1990

4.10

125k+ ratings

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

Passport to Magonia

by Jacques F. Vallée • 1969

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

4.21

2k+

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype 📚 Comparative Mythology 👁️ Hidden Intelligences

Passport to Magonia 86%

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

by Jacques F. Vallée 1969

4.21

2k+ ratings

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype 📚 Comparative Mythology 👁️ Hidden Intelligences

Scatterlings

by Martin Shaw • 2019

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

4.63

106

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

Scatterlings 86%

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

by Martin Shaw 2019

4.63

106 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

Word Magic

by Pao Chang • 2017

English is a magic system; your legal name is the spell that binds you.

4.26

146

🪄 Word Magic 📜 Sacred Language 🎭 Language As Control 👑 Personal Sovereignty ⛪ Gnostic Revival

Word Magic 86%

English is a magic system; your legal name is the spell that binds you.

by Pao Chang 2017

4.26

146 ratings

🪄 Word Magic 📜 Sacred Language 🎭 Language As Control 👑 Personal Sovereignty ⛪ Gnostic Revival

Ark of bones and other stories

by Henry Dumas • 1970

A soulboat carries ancestral bones down the Mississippi. A jazz horn kills. Cotton fields ignite.

4.34

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🦴 Ancestral Memory 🌑 Racial Terror 📖 Black Folklore 🙏 Spiritual Resistance

Ark of bones and other stories 86%

A soulboat carries ancestral bones down the Mississippi. A jazz horn kills. Cotton fields ignite.

by Henry Dumas 1970

4.34

59 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🦴 Ancestral Memory 🌑 Racial Terror 📖 Black Folklore 🙏 Spiritual Resistance

Conjure Wife

by Fritz Leiber • 1943

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

3.79

3k+

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult 🤨 Skeptical Academic 👻 Soul Theft

Conjure Wife 86%

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

by Fritz Leiber 1943

3.79

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult 🤨 Skeptical Academic 👻 Soul Theft

Advanced Witchcraft

by Edain McCoy • 2004

The tools were training wheels. Real magick begins when you realize the power was always yours.

3.83

205

🖤 Shadow Work 👻 Spirit Communication 🧚 Faerie Lore ✨ Energy Healing 🌙 Modern Wicca

Advanced Witchcraft 86%

The tools were training wheels. Real magick begins when you realize the power was always yours.

by Edain McCoy 2004

3.83

205 ratings

🖤 Shadow Work 👻 Spirit Communication 🧚 Faerie Lore ✨ Energy Healing 🌙 Modern Wicca

Bloody Bones

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1996

A necromancer raising a graveyard must stop a vicious vampire and survive a master's deadly embrace.

4.12

77k+

🪦 Necromancer Protagonist 🔍 Supernatural Detective 💔 Vampire Love Triangle 🧛‍♂️ Master Vampire Romance 🏚️ Small Town Horror

Bloody Bones 86%

A necromancer raising a graveyard must stop a vicious vampire and survive a master's deadly embrace.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1996

4.12

77k+ ratings

🪦 Necromancer Protagonist 🔍 Supernatural Detective 💔 Vampire Love Triangle 🧛‍♂️ Master Vampire Romance 🏚️ Small Town Horror

The World of All Souls

by Deborah Harkness • 2018

Every character, spell, and secret from the All Souls trilogy, catalogued for the obsessed fan.

4.25

4k+

📖 Fantasy Reference 📚 Series Companions 👻 Paranormal Fiction 🧹 Witch Fiction 🧛 Vampire Fiction

The World of All Souls 86%

Every character, spell, and secret from the All Souls trilogy, catalogued for the obsessed fan.

by Deborah Harkness 2018

4.25

4k+ ratings

📖 Fantasy Reference 📚 Series Companions 👻 Paranormal Fiction 🧹 Witch Fiction 🧛 Vampire Fiction

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries

by Colin Wilson • 1984

Three lighthouse keepers vanish into thin air. A medieval map plots Antarctica's ice-free coast.

3.67

257

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Studies 🏛️ Historical Anomalies 🧐 Skepticism Critique 🧠 Psychic Research

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries Summary

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries 86%

Three lighthouse keepers vanish into thin air. A medieval map plots Antarctica's ice-free coast.

by Colin Wilson 1984

3.67

257 ratings

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Studies 🏛️ Historical Anomalies 🧐 Skepticism Critique 🧠 Psychic Research

Hauntings

by Paul Roland • 2008

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

3.27

201

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship

Hauntings 86%

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

by Paul Roland 2008

3.27

201 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship

Indaba My Children

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa • 1964

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

4.41

450

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths 🕯️ Ancestral Veneration 📜 Oral History

Indaba My Children 86%

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964

4.41

450 ratings

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths 🕯️ Ancestral Veneration 📜 Oral History

Dark Star Rising

by Gary Lachman • 2018

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

3.85

517

🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic 🧠 New Thought 🏛️ Traditionalism

Dark Star Rising 86%

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

by Gary Lachman 2018

3.85

517 ratings

🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic 🧠 New Thought 🏛️ Traditionalism

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